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Written question asked by Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Friday, 14 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 October 2005. It was answered by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Monday, 24 October 2005 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Identification Parades

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many identification parades have taken place in each Police Service of Northern Ireland district command in Northern Ireland in the last three years.
Answer

The information requested is provided in the table. All identification parades in Northern Ireland take place at the identification suite at Donegall Pass. The figures provided show the number of identification parades conducted for each District Command Unit (DCU) for the period in question.

DCU 2002 2003 2004 2005to date
North Belfast 34 25 55 106
East Belfast 19 18 35 17
West Belfast 41 37 46 26
South Belfast 79 54 64 79
Castlereagh 11 4 13 12
Newtownabbey 11 30 25 51
Carrickfergus 6 1 2 2
Larne 2 2 7 1
Antrim 6 13 8 18
Ballymena 8 20 11 23
Moyle 1 4 4 0
Ballymoney 1 0 3 2
Coleraine 18 15 8 21
Limavady 6 4 5 7
Magherafelt 1 14 7 1
Foyle 27 20 17 19
Strabane 4 10 6 2
Cookstown 5 8 16 8
Omagh 25 6 12 8
Dungannon and South Tyrone 15 1 9 12
Fermanagh 11 19 17 6
Armagh 9 4 2 2
Craigavon 4 11 13 21
Newry and Mourne 8 14 8 5
Banbridge 5 5 11 7
Down 20 16 51 7
Lisburn 29 35 67 58
Ards 12 21 15 4
North Down 7 13 21 9

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
19465; 438 c95-6W;438 c95-6W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Northern Ireland Identification parades